Rotan, TX
Rotan wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rotan at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,169 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rotan's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
Where Rotan's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 76.6% of Rotan's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 17.5% Direct and 5.9% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Rotan against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Rotan sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 66th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rotan ranks 10,634 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,839 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,375 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rotan
Rotan's high rating (66th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Rotan
With 76.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rotan gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rotan's figures come from
Rotan's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rotan's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.